Genetic and morphological variation in four populations of the surf clam Donax serra (Röding) from southern African sandy beaches

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 751-772

  Laudien, J ^a   Flint, N S ^b   Van Der Bank, F H ^b   Brey, T ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Biogeography; Donax serra; Evolutionary inertia; Morphology; Phenotypic plasticity; Population genetics; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY;

(SOUTH); AFRICA;

BIVALVIA; DONACIDAE; DONAX SERRA; PSEUDOCARDIUM SACHALINENSIS;

EID: 0038725399     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(02)00252-1     Document Type: Article

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